A poem about belonging
One sister here wrote to the other a rondeau/ rondel A Rondel/rondeau is an eight-line song that was widely used and sung in the Middle Ages. Another example of a rondeau is In Flanders Fields I’m sharing this poem here with permission, but I am not allowed to mention who of the sisters wrote it.…
4 Online Retreats, a reflection. (and 2 more to come, save the date!)
Be still and know that I am God. (That is an invitation). I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. (That is a statement) ps. 46: 10 A reflection: 14 January, February 11, March 11, April 8th. We had four precious Online Retreats so far. (also 4 Dutch…
6 suggestions for contemplative writing
Come now, insignificant man, fly for a moment from your affairs, escape for a little while from the tumult of your thoughts. Put aside now your weighty cares and leave your wearisome toils. Abandon yourself for a little to God and rest for a little in him…. My friend Anneke, who joined me on all kinds…
You are warmly invited to an on-line retreat.
You’re warmly invited to join us for an on-line small Retreat. Small, because we are just with a handful of people and small because it is just a few hours. When: Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 June 2nd: Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZAtdOyrpjoqGtPDDLwaIOJPE4jxo… 19.00- 21-30 (Continental European Time) 18.00-20.30 for the United Kingdom 13.00-15.30 for Toronto/ Canada (please, double-check…
C.S. Lewis’s Ideal Day and (y)ours?
These unusual weeks of working from home make you think: How did other people—before us—do it? I was thinking about C.S.Lewis as his book Surprised by Joy was laying around in our living room, and someone mentioned his description of his Ideal Day during a conversation at the table. In Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis…